El Chicano In the Eye of the Storm

Juxtaposing ’60s
and ’70s news snippets,
band
interviews, and concert footage,
director Daniel E. Meza brilliantly
relates how racism and the La Raza
movement forged Latin rock. In the
case of El Chicano, the cultural
strife inspired music of great joy.
“We were in the thick of it,” says
bassist Fred Sanchez, “because
[Chicano-power organizers] were
the people who hired El Chicano.
But we contributed by putting
positive stuff out there—music and
happiness.” This is a bold story
beautifully—and sometimes
painfully—told. Inakustik.